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[Statement by Sam Guinyard]

Description: Handwritten statement by Sam Guinyard. Guinyard states that he heard shots while working at his job at a used car lot. He ran into the street and saw a white man running west on Jefferson. Then he saw a policeman lying on the ground in the street. He states that the policeman was bloody and looked dead.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Letters from Citizens to the Police Department]

Description: A number of letters and newspaper clippings sent by citizens to the Dallas Police Department. Many of the letters are of an inflammatory nature. Others are positive, include theories, or serve as inquiries as to the dispensation of checks to appropriate parties.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Receipt by Identification Bureau of Live Rounds #1]

Description: Form for submission of evidence to the Crime Scene Search Section of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas. Items submitted included two live rounds of .38 caliber ammunition. These items were received from officer Davenport and released to inspector Thomas J. Kelley. They were taken from Lee Harvey Oswald's gun.
Date: November 26, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Gun Right-Side Up]

Description: Photograph of the gun used by Lee Harvey Oswald lying on a piece of paper laid out on a counter. Another piece of paper tacked above the gun reads "11-22-63. 1940 Made in Italy. Dallas. 6.5 Cal. C2766. Scope. 4 x 18 coated. Hollywood, Calif. Ordinance Optics, Inc. JDW."
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Affidavit by Virginia Davis #1]

Description: Handwritten affidavit by Mrs. Virginia Davis. Davis states that she and her sister-in-law, Jeanette Davis, were lying down in their apartments when they heard shots. A woman yelled: "He's dead, he's dead, he's shot!" They saw an officer on the ground outside. Jeanette Davis called the police. A boy was seen running across their lawn, where they later found shells. Davis identified him as the #2 man in a lineup.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Report by Marvin Johnson on Officer's Duties #4]

Description: Report by Marvin Johnson regarding his actions after the assassination of President Kennedy. Marvin Johnson and his partner, L. D. Montgomery, were at a cafe when they learned of Kennedy's assassination. They were ordered to the location of the shooting, where they conducted a search. Johnson did not work on Sunday or Monday of the following week.
Date: 1963-11-26~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Report on Officer's Duties regarding the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald]

Description: Report on Officer's Duties by J. R. Leavelle regarding the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Leavelle describes his duties on the morning of November 24, 1963, and states that he was assisting in the transfer of Oswald. He states that he saw Jack Ruby jump from the crowd with a gun in hand and shoot point blank at Oswald.
Date: unknown
Creator: Leavelle, J. R.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of John F. Kennedy #6]

Description: Photocopy of a warrant of arrest charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of John. F. Kennedy. The warrant was signed by David Johnson. Lee Harvey Oswald is described as a "white male 24 (DOB 10-18-1939)." "NO BOND" is handwritten at the bottom of the first page.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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